Secret Garden

I think I may have found my own secret garden to shoot in the Cascade mountains.

This is such an incredibly uplifting and brilliant place to be during the peak of sub-alpine flower season. The $4 mosquito net I purchased was all the sudden worth about $1 million as I happily sat clicking away shots without losing quarts of blood.

The color of light was a bit unusual from what I am used to as there was some crazy stuff going on behind the mountain and the atmosphere had some wildfire haze.

This is many shots focus stacked, pano stitched, and exposure blended manually, plus some extra secret sauce. Focus stack blending wildflowers in the wind along with pano stitching can be a nightmare, but it is always worth it. I have invented some interesting techniques for eliminating bokeh fringing that occurs when close objects cause a blur on top of distant objects when using a telephoto lens or shooting at close distances. In some cases it is eliminated 100% without even using the clone or healing brush tools. Better results and in less time, -"Bokeh-b-gone" (TM)-. I will be teaching this technique in my future workshops and tours when applicable or to any client just interested in the process.

Canon 6D
Canon 70-200 F4 IS
Photoshop CC

Thanks for looking and giving valuable feedback!
-Johan